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Feb 27, 2025, 01:17 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

NFL teams were informed Thursday that the 2025 salary cap has been set at a record $279.2 million per team, league spokesman Brian McCarthy announced.

It’s an increase of $23.8 million per team. Last year’s salary cap was $255.4 million per team.

McCarthy also announced that projected player costs, including benefits, is set at $362.48 million.

NFL teams were notified today that the 2025 salary cap has been set at $279,200,000 per club. Total projected player costs, including benefits, are slotted at $362,480,000. Here’s a look at the cap year-over-year. pic.twitter.com/riVb7MJ6Se

— Brian McCarthy (@NFLprguy) February 27,

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Feb 26, 2025, 09:53 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The Los Angeles Rams‘ “first goal” is to have Matthew Stafford remain the team’s starting quarterback, but the franchise is trying to balance short-term and long-term roster decisions by letting their quarterback gauge his value, coach Sean McVay said on the “Fitz & Whit” podcast.

“There’s no discrepancy on us wanting him to continue to lead the way and be our quarterback,” McVay said on the podcast, hosted by former NFL players Ryan Fitzpatrick and Andrew Whitworth (the latter of whom played for McVay on the Rams), that was released

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Feb 24, 2025, 04:13 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

An NFL team has submitted a rule proposal to ban the “tush push” quarterback sneak, Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations, told reporters at the scouting combine Monday.

Vincent did not identify the team that made the proposal when he made his comments, during a break in meetings between the NFL officials and the competition committee, to the Washington Post and NFL Network.

NFL owners could vote on the proposal next month at the spring owners’ meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, unless the team decides to withdraw its proposal. If the

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Feb 23, 2025, 05:08 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Veteran safety Keanu Neal announced his retirement from the NFL on Sunday after eight seasons.

Selected in the first round of the 2016 draft by the Atlanta Falcons, Neal appeared in 89 games in his career. He made 69 starts for four different teams — the Falcons, Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Pittsburgh Steelers.

“All the lessons learned through the game has helped mold me into who I am today,” Neal, 29, wrote in a post to Instagram Sunday.

His best season was in 2017 when he

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Feb 20, 2025, 11:05 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Veteran offensive lineman Jon Feliciano announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday but kept the door ajar slightly if a team needs help late in the 2025 season.

Feliciano, 33, missed spent the 2024 season on injured reserve with the San Francisco 49ers after undergoing knee surgery and said Thursday in a social media post that he doesn’t believe he can make it through a full season.

“After months of weighing my options, I realized I had to leave the game. The fire is still there, but I know I

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Feb 18, 2025, 04:11 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The Carolina Panthers and quarterback Andy Dalton reached agreement on a two-year, $8 million deal that includes $6 million guaranteed and has a max value of $10 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday.

Dalton was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent next month.

Panthers starting quarterback Bryce Young has developed a close relationship with Dalton, and now the two continue to get to work together.

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Dalton, 37, signed a two-year, $11 million deal with the Panthers in 2023 to help develop Young, the top

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Feb 18, 2025, 03:25 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Texans running back Joe Mixon has won his appeal of a $25,000 fine he received for a comment he made about officiating after Houston lost to the Chiefs in the playoffs.

NFL appeals officer Chris Palmer said that after reviewing the evidence he found that Mixon “did not necessarily criticize the officials.”

Texans RB Joe Mixon win his appeal over the fine he received following the loss to the Chiefs in divisional round. pic.twitter.com/zzTGkYElzv

— DJ Bien-Aime (@Djbienaime) February 18, 2025

Mixon was initially fined for a social media comment from

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Feb 13, 2025, 11:15 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The New York Jets informed Aaron Rodgers that they will be moving in a different direction at the quarterback position, the team announced Thursday.

“Last week we met with Aaron and shared that our intention was to move in a different direction at quarterback,” coach Aaron Glenn and general manager Darren Mougey said in a joint statement released by the team. “It was important to have this discussion now to provide clarity and enable each of us the proper time to plan for our respective futures. We want to thank

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Feb 12, 2025, 03:38 PM ET

Wide receiver Kadarius Toney was arrested last week in Georgia on two counts, according to online records.

Toney was booked in a Douglas County (Georgia) facility on Feb. 6 on counts of aggravated assault — strangulation and obstructing/harassing 911 calls. A judge set a bail of $25,000 on each count.

Records show Toney was not in custody on Feb. 7.

TMZ Sports, citing police documents, reported that on Jan. 14, Toney allegedly put his hand around a woman’s throat and squeezed “with enough force to cause her to be unable to [breathe].” Red marks were spotted

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Feb 12, 2025, 02:11 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley said he doesn’t understand why fans booed pop superstar Taylor Swift when she was shown on the videoboards at the Caesars Superdome during Super Bowl LIX.

“I remember that they showed her on the jumbotron, and she got booed. I don’t get it. I don’t get why she was getting hate there,” Barkley said Wednesday during an appearance on “The Howard Stern Show” on SiriusXM.

Barkley’s response came after he was asked if he thought Swift and her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight

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